[NSRCA-discussion] LI-IO packs

[Michael Ramsey]

I've used the A123 setting with good results.


On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 9:06 AM, SilentAV8R <Silentav8r at cox.net> wrote:

>  Sorry, can't help on the Cellpro charger. But I can confirm you are
> correct that the 4-cell (2S2P) 5,200 packs (Fromeco??) are charged using a
> 2S setting. I have charged using the LiPo setting before I got a charger
> that did Lion cells, not ideal from what the folks at Fromeco say, but it
> can be done.
>
> A good option if you cannot sort out the cellpro is the iChargers from
> Progressive. I bought the little 106b and love it. Great little charger.
>
> Bill in OC
>
> http://www.progressiverc.com/icharger-106b.html
>
>
>
> On 10/31/13 6:55 AM, Scott McHarg wrote:
>
>  Morning y'all,
>
>  I've spoken to a few people about charging Lithium Ion packs but we did
> not arrive at a definitive answer.  I need to understand what the best
> solution (besides buying another charger) is for my situation.
>
>  I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about the Cellpro 10XP.  Usually,
> it's me giving the help but I'm not sure what to do here.  Here's the
> scenario:
>
>   Cellpro 10XP Multi-Chemistry Charger.  The User Manual and everything
> about the charger says that it can charge the ION packs.  So, I go to
> program a preset for this but in the software, there is nothing that says
> anything about ION packs.  There is LiPo, Pb, A123, Ni-Cd, and Nickel
> Metal.  I have some ION 7.4V 5200mah packs that I need to charge and a
> 2600mah pack for the ignition on a 42% Edge 540.  The packs are made of 4
> cells but are wired so that they are only 2 (2 in series, 2 in parallel)
> cells.  As close as I can tell, I should select the LiPo 2sU (2 cell
> unbalanced) but I don't want to make a mistake.  Someone told me that would
> be OK and another said that if you program the charger by the charger
> instead of the software, there is an ION setting but I haven't confirmed
> that yet as it was late last night when I was checking.
>
>  Anyone have any idea what to do to charge these packs?
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  --
> *Scott A. McHarg*
> Sr. Systems Engineer - Infrastructure
>
>
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